You’ll eventually be stress tested. The time and place you often don’t know. But it’s gonna happen. And you’ll find out what you’re made of. Form your inner character. That’s what will hold during your stress test.
It takes a mature and self controlled person to not project one’s feelings and emotions on others. It’s a sign of true maturity when your inner battle or turmoil isn’t weaponized against other people. Especially those close to you. That doesn’t mean it’s wise to hold things in though. It’s wise to communicate your feelings and needs. It’s wise to communicate and it’s mature to not take your emotions out on others.
Don’t stress over the things out of your control. If you can’t control them, let them go. Take firm grip of the things you can control though. Own those things and be a good stewart of them.
Is the things we avoid that bites us. We avoid the hard work, the hard task or the difficult conversations. And it will eventually end up biting us. Those things you dread doing, are probably good clues that they’re the more important and fulfilling things to do.